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Let Suggestions bypass the Line Manager
Whatever suggestion scheme or idea initiation events you implement, it is important to ensure that there is a facility for individuals to bypass their line manager if necessary. Line managers can be...
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‘Your Concerto is Worthless and Unplayable, Mr Tchaikovsky.’
The Russian composer Piotr Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) dedicated his brilliant first piano concerto to the eminent pianist Nikolai Rubinstein. When it was completed in February, 1875, he played the...
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Come to an Ideas Jam on July 13 in London
Author: Franek, Wikimedia Commons The next meeting of the BQF Innovation Unit will consist of an Ideas Jam to be held in central London on the morning of Tuesday July 13. This is a highly interactive...
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Ideas Jam – How it works
We ran the Ideas Jam meeting yesterday and it went well. It was an intensive idea generation session. There were 18 participants from various companies who each brought a challenge from their business...
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Nine Tips to help you get Approval from your Boss for your Innovative Idea
A common complaint that I hear when I run innovation workshops is this, ‘I have plenty of really creative ideas but my boss just isn’t interested in trying anything new. What can I do?’ Let’s leave...
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Ask Childish Questions
Edwin Land (1909 – 1991) was an American inventor who had studied Chemistry. On holiday he took a photograph of his three year old daughter. She asked why she could not see the result straight away...
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Improve your Persuasive Power with the Three Greeks
We often find ourselves in a position where we need to influence other people. We might want to change their mind, to sell them on an idea or to secure their agreement to a proposal. A fruitful way to...
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The Power of Additive Ideation
It is common to approach suggestions schemes, brainstorms and ideation meetings from a competitive point of view. So we might say that we want a large number of ideas and then by a darwinian process...
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What is the Difference between Creativity and Innovation?
I still hear people mixing up creativity and innovation so let’s clear it up once and for all: Creativity is thinking of something new. Innovation is implementing something new. It is quite simple. If...
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How do you Reject Ideas?
Any good suggestions scheme will generate a large number of ideas; millions in the case of a company like Toshiba. In addition you will have ideas coming into the funnel from idea events and other...
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